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How to Win Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia Counter MatchupNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions

Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
Mage

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Nunu & Willump

based on 830 Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Cassiopeia as Nunu & Willump resulted from an analysis of 830 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against each other. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Nunu & Willump is forced to battle against Cassiopeia in only 0.9% of his games.

Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump does a below average job of countering Cassiopeia. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.0% of the time the champs oppose one another in. In Nunu & Willump against Cassiopeia matches, Nunu & Willump’s side is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Cassiopeia.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Sunfire AegisThornmailShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
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Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
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Last skill for Nunu & Willump to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nunu & Willump's passive ability p
Nunu & Willump's q ability q
Nunu & Willump's w ability w
Nunu & Willump's e ability e
Nunu & Willump's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Cassiopeia

Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.

You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.

It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.

Advice to Win Against Cassiopeia

Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.

Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.

Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Cassiopeia Image
5.1
< Kills >
6.9
6.8
< Deaths >
6.4
11.6
< Assists >
6.6
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
30
< Minions Killed >
169
1.69
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,064
< Physical Damage >
670
13,666
< Magic Damage >
22,743
803
< True Damage >
287
15,535
< Damage Dealt >
23,701
37,630
< Damage Taken >
26,775
10,798
< Gold Earned >
11,571
1.28
< Towers >
1.92
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
20,256
< Total Healing >
6,887
12,814
< Experience >
14,900
19
< Vision Score >
18
5
< Wards Placed >
9
451
< Time Dealing CC >
450

How to Counter Cassiopeia with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several important Nunu & Willump against Cassiopeia counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Cassiopeia. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Nunu & Willump typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Cassiopeia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Cassiopeia

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Cassiopeia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Cassiopeia

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Cassiopeia?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when playing against Cassiopeia, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Cassiopeia.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Cassiopeia, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Nunu & Willump into Cassiopeia.

Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Nunu & Willump is a trash counter for Cassiopeia. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Cassiopeia.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Cassiopeia as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 830 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Cassiopeia as Nunu & Willump comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to counter Cassiopeia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump often racks up a lot less CS compared to Cassiopeia. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Cassiopeia build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Cassiopeia than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 48.0% battling Cassiopeia with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Cassiopeia as Nunu & Willump, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Cassiopeia counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.

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